Mo' Meta Blues has been described as an autobiography that questions "the nature of memory and the idea of a post-modern black man saddled with some post-modern blues", according to publisher Grand Central Publishing.

Questlove is also expected to open up about the history of The Roots, the band's tenure on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and his celebrity friends.

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Grand Central Publishing will release Mo' Meta Blues on June 18.

The name of the memoir is a play on the title of director Spike Lee's 1990 film Mo' Better Blues, which starred Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes.